Blood Pressure Control and Associated Factors among Hypertension Comorbid Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Southeast Ethiopia

Table 2

Baseline clinical characteristics of study participants at Bale Zone selected public hospitals, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 378).

Variables	Frequency	Percentage
Family history of hypertension
Yes	202	53.4
No	176	46.6
Family history of diabetes
Yes	183	48.4
No	195	51.6
Time since diabetes diagnosis (years)
<5	198	52.4
5–10	116	30.7
>10	64	16.9
Time since hypertension diagnosis (years)
<5	197	52.1
5–10	106	28.1
>10	75	19.8
Frequency of follow-up
Monthly	266	70.4
Every two months	108	28.6
Every three months	4	1.1
Blood glucose
Controlled	128	33.9
Uncontrolled	250	66.1
BMI
Normal	182	48.1
Overweight	176	46.6
Obese	20	5.3
Comorbidity
Asthma	35	9.3
Cardiovascular disease	61	16.1
Chronic kidney disease	50	13.2
Others	14	3.7
Do not have	218	57.7
Stressed
Yes	40	10.6
No	338	89.4
Adherence to an antihypertensive drug
Nonadherent	326	86.2
Adherent	52	13.8

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